Aira Farmhouse and Adjoining Barns is a Grade II listed building in the Lake District National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1991. Farmhouse, barns. 2 related planning applications.

Aira Farmhouse and Adjoining Barns

WRENN ID
scattered-slate-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Lake District National Park
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1991
Type
Farmhouse, barns
Address
Aira Farmhouse and Adjoining Barns, CA11 0LG
OS grid reference
NY 370 207
Coordinates
54.57837, -2.97564
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Aira Farmhouse and the adjoining barns are a house, former house, and two barns, likely built in the late 17th century with later additions. The structure is made of stone rubble and has slate roofs. The southeast elevation features a two-storey, three-bay farmhouse, a three-bay former house to the right, and small barns at each end. The farmhouse has sashed windows with single glazing bars and horns, with stone lintels over the ground floor windows, a fire window, and a cross-axial stack on the left. The former house has window openings without frames, a fire window on the right with a small light above it, and an entrance in the central bay. The barn to the northeast includes ventilation slots, while the rear of both houses has outshuts under catslide roofs. The northeast barn has a large entrance, and the southwest barn features a projecting range at the end, along with an entrance and a pitching hole to the left. Inside the former house, there are chamfered beams, a fireplace with a cambered beam and a spice cupboard recess, and a blocked three-light chamfered wooden-mullioned window that is rebated for glazing at the opposite end. The rear outshut contains a winding stair with timber cladding, and there are two collar and tie beam trusses with chamfering.

Local climate

Aira Farmhouse and Adjoining Barns sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,360 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 64 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 40 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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